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1. ARRANGE No 2 Fret Split HD Description the lower 9 frets will sound with a trumpet sound the upper ones will sound with a choir sound the hold pedal can be used to access a string orchestra HOLD MODE _ COMMON SEPARATE _ SUSTAIN __ JCNTRLO 127 STRING SPLIT X OFF _ 1 12 Ja ET 4 Js FRET SPLIT _ OFF 1 23 PICK SPLIT 1 X OrF Ji PICK SPLIT 2 X OFF 1 S1F1P1 S1F1P2 S1F1P3 S1F2P1 S1F2P2 S1F2P3 S2F1P1 S2F1P2 S2F1P3 S2F2P1 S2F2P2 S2F2P3 HOLD PROGRAM 57 84 52 Laure 127 127 127 TRANSPOSE 0 0 0 UNTE a AUTO AUTO z s ARTO Pp MID MID MID A 4 REVERB S 63 63 63 PAOR REK OFF OFF OFF VEESENS 127 127 47 VE OHS 0 0 a 4Q TRIG LE I 1 id OFF OFF OFF ie 70 70 70 P o 0 0 0 os 30 30 30 PEVAR 127 100 100 ARRANGE No 3 Pick Split Description Setup with three different pick zones controlling three different sounds distortion guitar for the bridge position in the middle position an electric guitar the neck position plays an acoustic guitar HOLD MODE _ COMMON X SEPARATE _ SUSTAIN ___ CNTRLO 127 STRING SPLIT X OFF LT Cls 4 5 FRET SPLIT Por C PICK SPLIT 1 OrF 1 99 PICK SPLIT 2 _ OFF 1 99 S1F1P1 S1F1P2 SIFIPS StF2P S1F2P2 S1F2P3 S2F1P1 S2F1P2 S2F1P3 S2F2P1 S2F2P2 S2F2P3 HOLD PROGRAM 30 282. ccccsssscsccersssscesssssscenssesssensesscencerassaes 39 GENERAL MIDES Std a e cdi 39 GENERAL MIDI Percussion Eduard id lira 40 GENERAL MIDI controller table AXON NGC77 VERSION 4 00 3 BLUE CHIP USER MANUAL AXON NGC 77 AXON connections and setup for NGC 60 NGC 77 AKON nac 77 Via MIDI THRU Sound module to the COMPUTER Sound Board SB 676 and for MIDI Dump The MIDI OUT of the AXON connected to the MDIIN B Synth Sound module L MIDI OUT pad MACRO Sound module output Stereo Mono connected to an Amplifier mixer use MIDI THRU to MIDI IN of a further Sound module or with embedded SB 676 through a special cable to the amplifier mixer MIDUAUDIO GUITAR Guitar Output to amplifier or mixer AXON NGC MONO GUITAR SELECTOR Change over switch for LEAD Guitar or BASS Guitar POWER ADAPTER AC 12V 15 A AXON NGC 77 We HI j LA L Footswitch Footswitch for for CHAIN HOLD VERSION 4 00 Input for guitar or microphone From the AIX Interface 101 102 to the AXON through the 13 pin special cable GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER BLUE curp USER MANUAL AXON NGC 77 GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER Accessories of the AXON NGC 60 respectively NGC 77 MIDI cable One MIDI cable with a length of 1 5 m 5 One footswitch for Hold or Chain function T Adapter One Power Adapter for the power ad
3. 6i TRIG LEV 09 PICK CNTRL OFP10 127 PI POS SCRATCH No Description HOLD MODE STRING MODE L COMMON L COMMON NORM HOLD PROGRAM a t36 QUANTIZE ON OFFrtUTO PAN POS OLIFALIS MID RIS PAN SPREAD 15 0 gt 15 REVERB 0 127 FINGR PICK ON OFF TRIG LEV 09 PICK CNTRL OFFKU27 P1 POS SEPARATE C SEPARATE _ SEPARATE __ SEPARATE C SUSTAIN _ SUSTAIN L CNTRLO 127 ___ CNTRLO 127 ARRANGE No 1 String Split Description The E6 and A5 strings will play with a bass sound the upper four strings access a jazz guitar sound HOLD MODE _ COMMON SEPARATE _ SUSTAIN J CNTRLO 127 STRING SPLIT OFF C 12 13 4 Js FRET SPLIT X OFF ___ 1 23 PICK SPLIT 1 X OFF is PICK SPLIT 2 X OFF 1 9 S1F1P1 S1F1P2 S1F1P3 S1F2P1 S1F2P2 S1F2P3 S2F1P1 S2F1P2 S2F1P3 S2F2P1 S2F2P2 S2F2P3 HOLD das 27 a 33 2 ie 107 127 127 TRANSPOSE 0 E E y ne 42 r 0 C owormuro AUTO AUTO AUTO sano MID MID 3 MID PAN re 4 _ 4 _ F 4 REVERB 63 ne W A N 63 F 63 Lita OFF OFF OFF VERSEI 127 s 127 127 a 0 o s x TRIG LEV I i 5 e E E v I ee OFF OFF OFF P POS 7 7 70 P YA 0 2 _ 0 a _ 0 F e 30 ve i 3 30 7 30 ER 127 100 100
4. SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE header for 3 byte manufacturer s ID 1 st byte of manufacturer s ID 2nd byte of manufacturer s ID AXON model ID device number not evaluated y 1 ALL y 2 SCRATCH y 3 ARRANGE d 0 dump coming d 1 dump requested lowest 7 bits of length middle 7 bits of length highest 7 bits of length low nibble of first byte high nibble of first byte low nibble of last byte high nibble of last byte checksum modulo 128 end of exclusive 2 BULK DUMP REQUEST 0 FOH 1 00H 2 20H 3 2DH 4 OBH SEX 6 1 el F7H Transmitted 1 DUMP SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE header for 3 byte manufacturer s ID Ist byte of manufacturer s ID 2nd byte of manufacturer s ID AXON model ID device number not evaluated bulk dump ALL bulk dump requested end of exclusive Same as Dump Received BLUE CHIP USER MANUAL AXON NGC77 GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER MIDI IMPLEMENTATION AXON MIDI Implementation Chart Function Transmitted Recognized Remarks Basic Default 1 10 X Channel Channel 1 10 X Default Mode 3 4 X Mode Messages X X Altered X X Note I 0 127 X Number True Voice X x Velocity Note On 09n v 1 127 x Note Off 08n v 10 X After Key s X X Touch Ch s X X Pitch Bender O x 7 O X Volume 10 O Panorama Control 64 O Hold 1 32 O Bank 0 1 Change 121 O ResetControllers 100 38 101 6 O Pitch Bend Range 0 127 O AssignablePick Position Con
5. BLUE CHIP music technology AXON noc 77 USER MANUAL AXON noc 77 Neurat Gunar Miss Commouss Version 4 00 7 96 Esbuue CHIP USERMANUAL AXON NGC77 GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER TABLE OF CONTENTS Feat res of tbe AXON A 8 How t us the Hold Pedal ia 9 How tose the Mono Jnp t seura ea E ER EE E EAA E 9 How to use the optional sound module retorcida di ca 10 O E R RE TEA 10 How to install the guitar interface and the pickups 10 How to connect your MIDI equipment ss 10 How to mount an AXON in a 19 AGREE A M ML ed 11 AUDIO OUTPUT of the optional sound module ss 11 Reloading the default settings a 11 Display USE a 11 e aed ae 12 BASIC CHAN 00 SAA 12 PBEND RANGE aaa ee 12 SEND PBDR0G uu asyay mordant 13 NOTE OFF Deea tre tes 13 EOCAL MODE scere RAS 13 VLDPMETER ASS E E EE E E E 14 TUNE BASR ao 14 TUNING UN IO 14 GUITAR NO ui vs 15 EADAE E s upa Ru aaa aha Wu iaia 15 GUITAR NUMBER NAME vid 15 COPY SCRATCH isc sede 15 COPY ARRANGE suscita 16 COPY SEGMENTESS estat hana ua a aa IAS 16 COPY CHAIN SAS 16 SEND ERA TOH geneei mansa Dn a E a E oa 17 SEND ARRANGE torta 17 SEND ALL u ne e er aa 17 REC SCRATCH nenei a napa ta nr nine r lb 17 RECAARRAN GE a a Ee 17 RECATE SOT apas aa Su h y SA M aa ea a Sasa 17 ADC MONITO soii dad 17 How to store Scratch versus Arrange
6. OFF I 128 If your MIDI instrument is fitted with an embedded Reverb this parameter allows you to decide about the Reverb portion of your used sound This parameter must set to OFF if your MIDI instrument does not have an installed Reverb Your AXON won t transfer this controller via MIDI The Reverb portion of the optional sound module will be controlled with this parameter too FINGR PICK Finger picking OFF ON This parameter switches on off several internal parameter which can be used for the finger picking technique at your AXON In this case the pick split and the pick control function aren t available any more Please ensure that you hadn t used a pick split in the current Scratch or Arrange preset Also the pick controller must be turned off OFF VLCTY SENS Velocity sensitivity 0 127 You can restrict the dynamic response at your MIDI instrument by reducing the value of this parameter If the value is 0 all played notes are given out of your AXON with the same velocity value independently of your dynamics You get the greatest dynamic response at the value of 127 VLCTY OFFS Velocity offset 63 63 Ifthe dynamics of your AXON is reduced by the Velocity Sensitivity parameter the generated velocity values could be too high too low This parameter allows you to increase decrease the velocity value again See illustration on the next page TRIGGER LEV Trigger Level 0 9 You assign by this pa
7. In order to create or change a chain you press the chain button and use the value keys After hitting the OK button you can start programming You have four parameters to edit a chain preset Step 1 32 Within a chain you set the step you want to edit By using the keys you assign the step number which you would like to change Please consider that the UP DOWN keys on your guitar interface will not allow you to go past a LOOP point In order to do that use the value buttons at your AXON Mode EDIT INSERT DELETE In most cases you will want to use the Edit mode whenever you create a new chain or edit an existing one If you want to insert a step in the chain select the number of the step at which point you want to insert a step Selecting INSERT and pressing OK will copy the present step to the very next step and move all the following steps up by one number You can then edit the inserted step using EDIT Similarly if you want to delete a step in the chain set the MODE to DELETE and select the number of the step you want to delete and press OK The following steps in the chain will be copied to their previous steps and their step numbers will be reduced by one Please consider that you cannot leave here the submenu by pressing the OK button since it is used to confirm the input In order to leave the submenu change to another line by means of the parameter keys and press then the OK button BLUE CHI
8. 2 70 English Horn 102 FX 6 goblins 7 Harpsichord 39 Synth Bass 1 71 Basson 103 FX 7 echoes 8 Clavi 40 Synth Bass 2 72 Clarine 104 FX 8 sci fi 9 Celesta 41 Violin 73 Piccolo 105 Sitar 10 Glockenspiel 42 Viola 74 Flute 106 Banjo 11 Music Box 43 Cello 75 Recorder 107 Shamisen 12 Vibraphone 44 Contrabass 76 Pan Flute 108 Koto 13 Marimba 45 Tremolo Strings 77 Blown Bottle 109 Kalimba 14 Xylophone 46 Pizzicato Strings 78 Shakuhachi 110 Bag Pipe 15 Tubular Bells 47 Orchestral Harp 79 Whistle 111 Fiddle 16 Dulcimer 48 Timpani 80 Ocarina 112 Shanai 17 Drawbar Organ 49 String Ensemble 1 81 Lead 1 square 113 Tinkle Bell 18 Percussive Organ 50 String Ensemble 2 82 Lead2 sawtooth 114 Apogo 19 Rock Organ 51 Synth Strings 1 83 Lead 3 calliope 115 Steel Drums 20 Church Organ 52 Synth Strings 2 84 Lead 4 chiff 116 Woodblock 21 Reed Organ 53 Choir Aahs 85 Lead 5 charang 117 Taiko Drum 22 Accordion 54 Voice Oohs 86 Lead 6 voice 118 Melodic Tom 23 Harmonica 55 Synth Voice 87 Lead 7 fifths 119 Synth Drum 24 Tango Accordion 56 Orchestra Hit 88 Lead 8 bass lead 120 Reverse Cymbal 25 Acoustic Guitar nylon 57 Trumpet 89 Pad 1 new age 121 Guitar Fret Noise 26 Acoustic Guitar steel 58 Trombone 90 Pad 2 warm 122 Breath Noise 27 Electric Guitar jazz 59 Tuba 91 Pad3 polysynth 123 Seashore 28 Electric Guitar clean 60 Muted Trumpet 92 Pad 4 choir 124 Bird Tweet 29 Electric
9. 25 2 YORE 90 127 127 127 TRANSPOSE 0 0 0 z 0 SANO AUTO AUTO AUTO 5 7 AUTO shies R12 MID L12 gt E s ii i MID pri 2 2 2 a j A i i i 4 REVERB 63 63 63 s ss ES 63 dur OFF OFF OFF A 5 a i a i i OFF VEL SENS 127 127 127 s 3 i u u 127 VETORES 0 0 0 i 0 TRIG 3 3 ES ES a ES gt els OFF OFF OFF w i E E s OFF Jos te 7 7 70 70 Ea 0 0 0 0 Le 30 30 30 lt lt il i u 30 Cos 127 100 100 u a 100 ARRANGE No 4 Multi Split Description a combination of string split fret split and pick split HOLD MODE _ COMMON SEPARATE SUSTAIN _ CNTRL0 127 STRING SPLT _ OFF 1 2 C xX 4 5 FRET SPLIT E OFF 1 23 PICK SPLIT 1 _ OFF 1 99 PICK SPLIT 2 L OFF 1 99 S1F1P1 S1F1P2 S1F1P3 S1F2P1 S1F2P2 S1F2P3 S2F1P1 S2F1P2 S2F1P3 S2F2P1 S2F2P2 S2F2P3 HOLD Pie 26 17 2 100 64 2 36 38 2 63 27 2 2 es 127 127 127 127 127 127 127 127 127 127 127 127 127 ee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ta AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO es L12 MID MID R12 L12 MID MID R12 MID L12 MID MID MID Ma 2 4 4 2 2 4 4 2 4 2 4 4 4 ie 63 63 63 63 63 63 63 63 63 63 63 63 63 de OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF br 127 127 127 127 1
10. Guitar mute 61 French Horn 93 Pad 5 bowed 125 Telephone Ring 30 Overdriven Guitar 62 Brass Section 94 Pad 6 metallic 126 Helicopter 31 Distortion Guitar 63 Synth Brass 1 95 Pad 7 halo 127 Applause 32 Guitar harmonics 64 Synth Brass 2 96 Pad 8 sweep 128 Gunshot Esuue CHIP USER MANUAL AXON NGC 77 GENERAL MIDI Percussion Set Channel 10 GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER MIDI Key Drum Sound MIDI Key Drum Sound MIDI Key Drum Sound 35 Acoustic Bass Drum 51 Ride Cymbal 1 67 High Agogo 36 BassDrum 1 52 Chinese Cymbal 68 Low Agogo 37 Side Stick 53 Ride Bell 69 Cabasa 38 Acoustic Snare 54 Tambourine 70 Maracas 39 Hand Clap 55 Splash Cymbal 71 ShortWhistle 40 Electric Snare 56 Cowbell 72 LongWhistle 41 Low Floor Tom 57 Crash Cymbol 2 73 Short Guiro 42 Close Hi Hat 58 Vibraslap 74 Long Guiro 43 High Floor Tom 59 Ride Cymbal 2 75 Claves 44 Pedal Hi Hat 60 Hi Bongo 76 Hi Wood Block 45 Low Tom 61 Low Bongo 77 Low Wood Block 46 Open Hi Hat 62 Mute Hi Conga 78 Mute Cuica 47 Low Mid Tom 63 Open Hi Conga 79 Open Cuica 48 Hi Mid Tom 64 Low Conga 80 Mute Triangle 49 Crash Cymbal 1 65 High Timbale 81 Open Triangle 50 High Tom 66 Low Timbale EsLue CHIP USER MANUAL AXON NGC 77 GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER GENERAL MIDI controller table Controller numberController function Dezimal NO oo 1 CN A Bu D wn 14 15 16 19 20 31 32 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 79 80
11. and 4 Upon reaching step 5 you will be sent back to step 2 again Looping is infinite and will continue until you change the chain number or exit In order to avoid confusion it is recommended that you include an END element as the very last step of your chain The value parameter here is set for 1 and cannot be changed because it is irrelevant Esuue CHIP USER MANUAL AXON NGC77 GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER Appendices MIDI chamnel string assignment You can connect to your AXON bass guitars with 4 5 and 6 strings provideded that a corresponding HEX Pickup exists The string assignment relating to the BASIC CHAN is MIDI channel Offset Guitar with 6 strings El B2 G3 D4 AS E6 QU D KH O MIDI channel Offset _ Bass guitar with 4 strings G2 D3 A4 ES UI D MIDI channel Off B itar with rin G2 D3 A4 E5 B6 APwWNH MIDI channel Offset Bass guitar with 6 strings Cl G2 D3 A4 ES B6 NN D How to change a preset via MIDI IN Your AXON is able to use received program change commands to select between different presets In the SCRATCH ARRANGE or GLOBAL mode you call up the presets of your AXON by bank selection and program change commands corresponding to the following table BLUE CHIP USER MANUAL AXON NGC 77 GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER Bank 0 program 0 63 ARRANGE Presets 1 64 Bank 0 program 64 127 SCRATCH Presets 1 64 Bank 1 program 0 127 SCRATCH Presets 1
12. data 18 cra Mods rd dan 18 SURG MODE vic 19 HOED MODE dao 19 EDTSEGNI iii 20 SCRATCH NAME aia 20 AXON NGC77 VERSION 4 00 2 EsLue CHIP USER MANUAL AXON NGC77 GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER Puram Modest to said 20 STRG SPEAR aaa tony 21 ERET SPL en ls ati a E al qaa bal Sodi 22 PICK SPEIT Tand A A tienes 22 EDS e de con ee 23 ARRANGE NAME aio 23 Sesmentparameter a herne aa ma ee Shea nt pa ba Pach Q ie ee a en de 24 PROGRAMS eee areca a Sa ec uae aa ee a aay aes ee 24 VOLUME Sin te Te te 24 TRANSPOSEBZLZ S SM aasma ana a nn ne a 24 CUANTA Z a aZ a Sua nent q u et cast aes ae a 24 PAN POS ia 25 PAN SPREAD a AA tete 25 REVERBD SC o dc 26 FINGR PICK coi is 26 O CSS a py a A a a unu a eaten 26 MACIAS qn aku asap ST man u Wa atas 26 TEIGGER EEN AS aaa nata et a a au t scat seu 26 PICK CAE es ad doit 28 A A yG h ans Au ua q 28 PI VALUE ias 28 P2 POSITION a 28 P2 VALUE A A ET T AAE RE 28 A an en eerie nn 29 SIL RO UE aaa OR ET OP NP RE TE 29 Mode sona as aiie a a a nd waa aha asnasqa ete nn Bee 29 TYPE SIMA UE a Sale T E EEEE eer 30 Appendices sss ses e ah ee cdo 31 MIDI channel string assignment a 31 How to change a preset via MEDIANA 31 Trouble SO OLIN a was EA uA mA usu As AE 32 SPSCHICAQ00S quid wai astaq dis 36 SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE IMPLEMENTATION a 37 MIDEIMELEMENTATION It a s n AAA 38 GENERAL MIDE 6 MDA Dd 39 GENERAL MIDI Sound Set Groupings
13. mounting remove first the rubber foot from the bottom ofthe AXON Please use only screws of the type M3 to fix the 19 rack with the bottom of the AXON and take care that the screws do not reach longer than 4 mm into the AXON Longer screws can damage the inside of the device AUDIO OUTPUT of the optional sound module The AUDIO OUTPUT is realized by the unused pins of the MIDI THRU socket For that purpose take the special cable which is included with your AXON Reloading the default settings Keep the SCRATCH key pressed while turning on the AXON For a short time you will see ALL DATA INITIALIZED in the display Beware that all previous presets that you made will be lost in this case If necessary store your data with a Sysex Dump Display usage The possibilities offered by the AXON require a large number of parameters that can be programmed according to your wishes In order to get accustomed quickly to the usage ofthe AXON here you will find some general information about the preset structure Each of the four MODEs GLOBAL SCRATCH ARRANGE and CHAIN consists of several parameters which can be called up in the display by pressing the or parameter keys A single sign on the right edge of the display shows that you are in the uppermost line of the parameter list A single sign characterizes the end of a parameter list Please use the key in order to get to the previous parameter A sign shows that you are
14. which sound while releasing the pedal will sound until the next pressure on the Hold Pedal Play a chord by depressed Hold Pedal Without muting the chord you release the Hold Pedal now and the Hold sound will be locked You can play again with the current preset to your chord accompaniment After pressing once more you can play a new chord the old one will be replaced by a new one Or you simply turn off the chord while pressing once the Hold Pedal shortly without playing at that time Additionally the pick control function can be used as well for the Hold sound After pressing the Hold Pedal you can also send a pre programmed MIDI controller to the MIDI instrument This could be the controller No 64 Sustain the controller No 65 Portamento or even the controller No 93 Chorus After pressing the Hold Pedal you are moreover able to freeze the already played tones in order to play only on your guitar Then all other MIDI sounds are suppressed You can also realize a bypass function in order to hear temporarily your guitar sound alone How to use the Mono Input All instruments with pickups can be directly connected by ajack cable to the MONO input of your AXON At the front of the AXON is the potentiometer which helps you to set the sensitivity of the MONO input Please consider that not all features of the AXON are available when using the MONO input The extremely fast pitch recognition is inactive In this case you work wi
15. 128 You change within the CHAJN mode by using Bank 0 program 0 63 CHAIN Presets 34 Troubleshooting Question When I play the guitar the Axon reacts with level meter response but the synth does not play Area Synth Axon setup Solutions Make sure MIDI cables are correctly connected MIDI OUT on your Axon MIDI IN on your synth MIDI chan nel number should be properly set on both machines The synth should be in Multi timbral mode Audio OUT cables from your synth to the amp may not be correctly connected or may be defective The Synth Volume control on your guitar interface may be turned down The Selector switch on your guitar inter face could be set to Guitar Question When I pick a string I hear the right note but ham mer ons and pull offs and or bending strings do not work Area Discrepancy in pitchbend settings between Axon and synth Solution Make sure the pitchbend range values within the synth correspond to your settings in the Axon Question When I play the guitar the notes I hear are wrong partly or completely Area Intonation discrepancy Solutions Make sure you tune your guitar to the Axon by using the Tuning Aid feature in Global mode Tune the Axon to your guitar by using the Tune Base feature in Global mode Your Axon may be set to transpose pitches in a segment page This should be turned off Your synth could be out of tune or set to transpose This should be turned off Question Whe
16. 27 127 127 127 127 127 127 127 127 EOT E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 one 3 3 I 3 3 I 3 3 I 3 3 I I PER CNT OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF i POR 70 70 TD TO 70 7D 70 TD 70 70 7D 7D 70 PEANGI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PERRA 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 DEMAT 127 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 ARRANGE No 5 Funky Split Description depending on the picking position the E6 string has access to three different bass sounds the other five strings control the sound of a distortion guitar when picked close to the bridge else playing with a muted guitar HOLD MODE _ COMMON X SEPARATE _ SUSTAIN CNTRL0 4127 STRING SPLIT OFF _ 1 12 Os LIE FRET SPLIT X OFF 1 23 PICK SPLIT 1 OrF 3 1 99 PICK SPLIT 2 L OFF 1 99 SIF IPI S1F1P2 S1F1P3 S1F2P1 S1F2P2 S1F2P3 S2F1P1 S2F1P2 S2F1P3 S2F2P1 S2F2P2 S2F2P3 HOLD a 30 29 29 3 35 38 2 Mere 70 127 127 110 77 110 110 ir 0 0 0 42 42 12 z _ 0 Me AUTO AUTO AUTO ON ON ON AUTO ae ee RI F2 MID R2 Ri Lt MID ee 8 7 4 0 0 0 0 dica 63 63 63 63 63 63 63 PINSE PICK OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF ire 127 127 127 127 127 127 E 127 saat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lie I I I I I I I deal OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF a 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 tae 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 e 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 Po 127 100 127 127 127 12
17. 7 127 ARRANGE No Description HOLD MODE STRING SPLIT FRET SPLIT PICK SPLIT 1 PICK SPLIT 2 C COMMON L OFF L OFF __ OFF C OFF SEPARATE L C Jiz te E Ji 2 L 3 _ SUSTAIN ME s CNTRL0 127 SIFIP1 S1F1P2 S1F1P3 S1F2P1 S1F2P2 S1F2P3 S2F1P1 S2F1P2 S2F1P3 S2F2P1 S2F2P2 S2F2P3 HOLD PROGRAM 0 127 VOLUME 0 127 TRANSPOSE saitS QUANTIZE OWOFRAUTO PAN POS OHB1 15 MIDRIS PAN SPREAD 15 n is REVERB 0327 FINGR PICK ON OFF VEL SENS 0 127 VE OFFS 6 6 TRIG LEV 03 PICK CNTRL OFFO 127 PI POS 058 PI VAL 0 127 P2POS OSB P2VAL 0 127
18. 77 GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER maximum value of 127 7Fh is given out Play notes on your guitar Every note you play as long as you have the Pedal pressed will be sustained much like the sustain pedal on a piano Leaving the pedal releases the sustained notes The same controller 64 is given out again but with the value 0 All played notes will sound then normally CONTROLLER 0 127 It is possible to call up one of the 128 MIDI controller While pressing the Hold Pedal the selected controller is given out with the maximum value 127 7Fh As you release the Hold Pedal again the controller will be sent out value 0 Appropriate controllers are Sustain 64 Portamento 65 or for example Chorus 93 In the appendix you can find a detailed list of all MIDI controllers EDT SEGM Here you can choose one of the two segment pages NORMAL or HOLD Normal NORM This submenu contains segment parameters which are set for the current Scratch preset timbre volume transposing Hold HOLD In this submenu you assign the sound parameter which you would like to use while pressing the Hold Pedal in SEPARATE Hold Mode Scroll the cursor with the parameter buttons to the current segment and call up the desired segment by using the value keys and hit the OK button From this submenu you return to the previous position with the OK key SCRATCH NAME In order to rename a Scratch preset move the cursor to the line with the cu
19. 83 84 85 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 119 120 127 Hex 00H 01H 02H 03H 04H 05H 06H 07H 08H 09H OAH OBH OCH ODH OE OFH 10 13H 14 1FH 20 3FH 40H 41H 42H 43H 44H 45H 46H 47H 48H 49H 4AH 4BH 4FH 50 53H 54H 55 5AH 5BH 5CH 5DH SEH SFH 60H 61H 62H 63H 64H 65H 66 77H 78 7FH Bank Select Modulation wheel or lever Breath Controller Undefined FootController Portamento time Data entry MSB Channel Volume formerly Main Volume Balance Undefined Pan Expression Controller Effect Control 1 Effect Control 2 Undefined General Purpose Controllers s 1 4 Undefined LSB for values 0 31 Damper Pedal sustain Portamento On Off Sostenuto Soft pedal Legato Footswitch vv 00 3FH Normal 40 7FH Legatto Hold 2 Sound Controller 1 default Sound Variation Sound Controller 2 default Timbre Harmonic Intensity Sound Controller 3 default Release Time Sound Controller 4 default Attack Time Sound Controller 5 default Brightness Sound Controller 6 10 no defaults General Purpose Controllers s 5 8 Portamento Control Undefined Effects 1 Depth formerly External Effects Depth Effects 1 Depth formerly Tremolo Depth Effects 1 Depth formerly Chorus Depth Effects 1 Depth formerly Celeste Detune Depth Effects 1 Depth formerly Phaser Depth Data increment Data decrement Non Registered Parameter Number LSB Non Registered Parameter Num
20. CONVERTER SEND PBDRG Send Pitchbend Range ON OFF This parameter has to be ON if your MIDI instrument stores Pitch Bend Range in each preset separately In this case the AXON sends the Pitch Bend Range information after each program change immediately again This is necessary by most KORG synthesizers and probably by some other manufacturers If your MIDI instruments store Pitch Bend Range globally just like the AXON itself this parameter should be OFF If your are not familiar with your MIDI instrument you should set this parameter to ON Then your AXON will possibly give out some unnecessary MIDI data but you will hardly notice it NOTE OFF L Note off limit 10 30 This level sets the point on the decay envelope where the NOTE OFF event will be sent The higher the setting the shorter the note will be the lower the setting the longer the note will be sustained LOCAL MODE Local Mode ON OFF OFF The MIDI data that are received by your AXON are directly transferred to the embedded sound module Programm change commands do not influence your AXON Naturally you can keep changing the presets of your AXON with the buttons Concerning the receive your AXON is now like a GM expander This function addresses especially to persons who work with a sequencer All MIDI data the AXON generates during play are exclusively given out via MIDI OUT The sequencer will send data through its MIDI OUT Please connect the MIDI OUT of you
21. For this reason you should set the value of this parameter as high as possible A later increase with the volume controller of your interface is not possible TRANSPOSE Transposing in semitones 36 36 This parameter allows you to trigger notes at your MIDI instrument which you can t reach with your guitar QUANTIZE How to quantize pitches Setting possibilities OFF ON AUTO You determine by this parameter if pitch changes within a set Pitch Bend Range should be converted with continous or step by step quantized Pitchbend BLUE CHIP USER MANUAL AXON NGC77 GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER OFF All Pitch changes for example pulling strings hammer on s or other playing techniques are converted as exactly as possible see also Global Parameter Pitch bend range ON Each pitch change won t be converted with Pitch Bend until the next semitone is reached then another Pitch bend value gives out the new pitch Pulling strings continuously and other playing techniques won t be interpreted as expected This setting is advantageous while playing chords exclusively since insignificant pitch changes resulting from varying the string pressure have no influence any more Especially organ and piano tones would then sound very unnatural AUTO By this setting you make use of the unique possibility of the AXON to recognize your intention how to play The pitch quantization is switched on or off depending on the situation Chords are no
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23. NGE message sysex The procedure is identical to receiving E ES Scratch Presets Please look at the section REC SCRATCH REC ALL How to receive SCRATCH ARRANGE and CHAIN Preset data Press the OK button in order to receive all presets ADC MONITOR ADC display It shows the values of the AD converter in hexadecimal notation This function is only for error diagnostic ABLUE CHIP USER MANUAL AXON NGC 77 GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER How to store Scratch versus Arrange data a All changes made on the actual preset don t destroy the original STORE TO 1 preset data In order to store the Scratch Arrange parameter GUITAR Q AUTO permanently after a change in a preset please press the store LI button The display line shown here indicates the current preset number the line at the bottom presents the corresponding preset name You can choose an optional preset number with the value buttons the preset name will be actualized analogously Hit the OK button in order to store the preset data at the indicated cursor place Except of the value buttons each other key aborts the procedure and prevents from overwriting data erroneously In any case the display returns to the previous position Scratch Mode Scratch presets I 128 The SCRATCH Mode includes presets which can simply be programmed but without the possibility to split The pick control function as well as the different possibilities of the Hold Pedal are availab
24. NTIZE 5 PAN POSITION 6 PAN SPREAD 7 REVERB 8 FINGR PICK 9 VELOCITY SENS 10 VELOCITY OFFSET 11 TRIGGER LEVEL 12 PICK CONTROL 13 PICK POSITION 1 14 PICK VALUE 1 15 PICK POSITION 2 16 PICK VALUE 2 5 PAN POSITION 6 PAN SPREAD 7 REVERB 8 FINGR PICK 9 VELOCITY SENS 10 VELOCITY OFFSET 11 TRIGGER LEVEL 12 PICK CONTROL 13 PICK POSITION 1 14 PICK VALUE 1 15 PICK POSITION 2 16 PICK VALUE 2 Arrange Mode HOLD MODE STRG SPLIT FRET SPLIT PICK SPLIT 1 PICK SPLIT 2 EDIT SEGMENT GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER USER MANUAL AXON NGC 77 asueyo ug nok Aq nuauiqns 0 awos nod yey suvoul T SPIEMUMOP uoynq YO e Sunurod mone UY ayy auisn Ag NES u MOLLY NUD paJaJua BLUE CHIP uoynq au YA JO uonnq SU YA Joya oJoS o ypiqissod ay no MOUS oq u31s ay pue ugis AUL PITA SI UONQ ay sivodde u3ts au JI nuaw OU ut UO NG JajoweJed 94 UMA UO OJOS ugo no yey soyeorpul USIS y uxoq dn VA LL QUaTUVLING E posajua oq uvo umpu T FON AYLINIT 2 Ploy X9 P UT E te a mil a iia aie Iti suoynq n 0A 943 Aq PAPO aq UBO FO 10 NO ajdurexo Jo SIFUPYO 1x9 Jo SI9QUINU Joyourvsed pjo ay ul 19PUIRPIP A uonng MO oy Sutss id u ym nuauiqns BY 0 utoo NO JPY SOJ IPUT MOLL oU L OUI 3X9 OU u WVU V
25. OR tr OFF OFF A 70 70 ar 0 0 mae 20 ue 100 100 SCRATCH No 4 Strings Pan Description String sound with panorama effect HOLD MODE 5 COMMON X SEPARATE E SUSTAIN C CNTAL0 127 STRING MODE _ COMMON SEPARATE NORM HOLD PROGRAM 0 127 50 2 VOLUME 127 127 TRANSPOSE 0 0 QUANTIZE ON OFF AUTO AUTO AUTO PAN POS OIIBU5 MID R15 MID MID PAN SPREAD 15 0 15 15 5 REVERB 0 127 63 63 ns OFF OFF a 80 127 bade 20 10 TRIG LEV 09 1 1 eu OFF OFF Pi Pa 70 70 P1 VAL 0 127 55 0 PEROS s 30 30 ase 70 100 SCRATCH No 5 Organ Com Description Organ sound with only one MIDI channel Common Mode Hold pedal with a jazz guitar and pick control function using controller 1 mod wheel HOLD MODE _ COMMON SEPARATE _ SUSTAIN _ CNTRLO 127 STRING MODE COMMON _ SEPARATE NORM HOLD Becker 20 97 VOLUME 127 127 ue 0 0 ee ll AUTO AUTO ms unas MID MID di E 5 REVERB 63 63 dee OFF OFF ae 60 127 VE le 0 10 TRIG pa 0 4 POK oo PI ee 70 70 ur 0 100 a 30 30 PEVAR 100 10 SCRATCH No 6 Sax PickMod Description Saxophone sound with pick control function using controller 1 mod wheel HOLD MODE C COMMON SEPARATE _ SUSTAIN E CNTRL 0 127 STRING MODE COMMON SEPARATE NORM HOLD FROG
26. P USER MANUAL AXON NGC 77 GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER TYPE and VALUE A chain element can be one of six different types a scratch preset a patch change for MIDI bank A a patch change for MIDI bank B an arrange preset a loop an end of chain element To define a chain step using a scratch preset you need to select the SCRATCH option in the MODE parameter and then the number of the scratch preset in the VALUE parameter Often you will want to change only a patch within a scratch preset but maintain all the other segment information To do this create a step and select PROG A or PROG B in the MODE parameter immediately after the step in which the scratch preset appears Then set the VALUE to the number of the patch you want to play When you come to this step in the chain only patch change information will be sent to the synth and every thing else will stay unaffected This way you don t have to create a completely different scratch preset if you only want to change a sound There may be a situation in which you will want to repeat sev eral steps in a chain Use the LOOP element in the MODE parameter to do this Then set the value of the loop for the number of steps backward in the chain to which it willjump when you come to the loop element in the chain For example if you create a LOOP at step number 5 in the chain and set it s value to 3 when you reach step 5 it will activate step 2 You will then be able to cycle through steps 2 3
27. P USERMANUAL AXON NGC77 GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER GUITAR NO x The AXON allows you to set preferences forup to four different GUITAR NO totally separate guitars or bass guitars If for example you change guitars during a concert you don t have to change all the sensitivity settings for that instrument you merely change to the appropriate guitar number name in your AXON JGuITAR1 20 Sensitivity The AXON converts audio signals into digital information They are very sensitive to overloading But you shouldn t drive your AXON too low Your AXON helps you to set the sensitivity optimally Press the OK button The string names are now shown at the display Play on your guitar and use all strings You should play all strings loudly even at least 8 times Later on those strings are faded out on the display that are already adjusted If your AXON adopted the optimal setting for all strings the T E1 63 A5 following text appears on the display T B2 DA E6 ALL ADJUSTED PRESS OK You can call up this function as often as you like perhaps in order to increase the sensitivity later For that purpose you repeat the above mentioned procedure but you play less powerful on your guitar Your AXON will then increase the sensitivity Please consider that you can overload your AXON later by playing loudly which can lead to faulty MIDI data GUITAR NUMBER NAME Please scroll your cursor with the parameter buttons to the line which
28. RAM 66 2 VOLUME 127 127 TRANSPOSE 0 0 A ONOFFAUTO ON AUTO fener MID MID a 5 A 63 63 ROSE OFF OFF a 100 127 Les 10 10 TRIG EEY I POK OB OFF Pt owe 70 7 P1 ou 0 0 Fe 30 30 PENAN we 60 100 HOLD MODE L COMMON SEPARATE STRING MODE _ COMMON SEPARATE NORM HOLD PROGRAM 86 100 VOLUME 127 127 TRANSPOSE 0 0 RUANTIZE AUTO AUTO PAN FOSI OFF MID d o A mus REVERB 63 63 FINGR PICK OFF OFF VEL SENS 127 127 VE OFFS 0 10 TRIG LEV Bees 10 PI POS o 70 70 Pi VAL 0 0 P2POS 30 30 diia 127 100 SCRATCH No 8 Gtr HoldChoir guitar sound while playing without hold pedal use the hold pedal for a choir sound Description HOLD MODE L_ COMMON SEPARATE STRING MODE __ COMMON X SEPARATE NORM HOLD PROGRAM 2 53 ae 127 97 ee 0 0 ema E AUTO AUTO Rue MID MID eee 4 5 ve 63 63 oe eee OFF OFF VEL SRD 107 VE T 15 0 TRIG LEY 1 1 OFF OFF Pl e 70 70 PI e 0 0 KEROS 30 re 100 100 L SUSTAIN C SUSTAIN L CNTRLO 127 L CNTRLO 127 SCRATCH No Description HOLD MODE STRING MODE __ COMMON C COMMON NORM HOLD PROGRAM 0 127 TRANSPOSE W X QUANTIZE ON OFFFAUTO PAN POS OHR1 15 HO H15 PAN SPREAD 15 0 15 REVERB 0 127 FINGR PICK ON OFF
29. ber MSB Registered Parameter Number LSB Registered Parameter Number MSB Undefined Reserved for Channel Mode Messages SCRATCH No 1 Guitar Q Auto Description Guitar sound with auto quantize HOLD MODE _ COMMON X SEPARATE L SUSTAIN CNTRLO 127 STRING MODE _ COMMON X SEPARATE NORM HOLD PROGRAM 85 un 127 127 TRANSPOSE 0 0 ar a AUTO AUTO se MID P6 PAN SPREAD 2 0 REVERB 63 63 ENGR FIG OFF OFF mets 110 127 ss 10 10 TRIG LEV 0 Saa OFF OFF P1 ee 70 7 Pi ya 7 0 0 PeF0S 7 20 20 ine 127 127 SCRATCH No 2 Flute Q Off Description Sound of a flute with no pitch quantization oe L COMMON __ SEPARATE SUSTAIN CNTRL0 427 STRING MODE COMMON X SEPARATE NORM HOLD PROGRAM 14 7 A 127 TRANSPOSE 0 x QU Norauto OFF CHR PRIS MID i PAN SPREAD 2 7 are 6 a NORE OFF tae 107 5 oe 0 E TRIG LEV 1 Ra E re 7 id P1 VAL 0 7 PAROS o 2 7 RAAE e 100 A SCRATCH No 3 Piano Q On Description piano sound with quantized pitchbend HOLD MODE L COMMON SEPARATE C SUSTAIN CNTRL0 127 STRING MODE __ COMMON SEPARATE NORM HOLD PROGRAM 1 2 VOLUMES 127 127 eG 0 QUANTIZE ON AUTO e MID MID NS 4 5 ee ere OFF OFF Here 120 127 VE OFFS 10 10 TRIG ee 0 1
30. e which can be programmed INTERFACE jack Please connect the 13 pin cable of your guitar or bass interface to this input GUITAR OUT jack The pickup signals of your guitar can be unchanged transmitted from this jack 8 O MONO IN jack It enables you to connect monophonic signals with line or microphone level AXON NGC 77 VERSION 4 00 BLUE CHIP AXON NGC 77 VERSION 4 00 USER MANUAL AXON NGC 77 GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER Features of the AXON Your AXON is fitted with a novel method of pitch recognition working so quickly and safely that you can use your AXON also with a bass guitar At present no comparable device offers you thisfeature The AXON is unique because it recognizes the pick position of each string and the AXON offers you new possibilities to control your MIDI instrument Your AXON is able to reduce the MIDI output data stream as far as possible to a minimum According to the setting of the preset parameter further reliefs are the result At previous devices Pitch Bend data load the MIDI interface strongly If you did not work with a comparable device before you will get to know some terms which are perhaps new for you Therefore we would like to explain here the extraordinary possibilities you can use with your AXON The most interesting and the most extraordinary features of your AXON are undoubtedly the different split possibilities You can set a string split in order to div
31. ed By this way solo playing is possible although with restrictions If your MIDI instrument can only receive at one MIDI channel you should use this mode If your sequencer does not allow to record on 6 MIDI channels at the same time you have to use this mode as well HOLD MODE ES Hold mode common separate sustain controller THOLD MODE SEP While pressing the Hold Pedal you can access to four different JEDT SEGM NORM functions Common separate sustain and controller z COMMON While pressing the Hold Pedal no other MIDI data are sent A previous chord will be kept frozen on your MIDI instrument as long as you keep the pedal down Herewith you realize also a bypass function i e as long as you press the Hold Pedal in this mode your AXON doesn t give out further MIDI data SEPARATE A further MIDI channel is available In the Common String Mode it is the basis channel 2 in the Separate Mode it is the basis channel 7 You can for example underlay a solo with an optional accompaniment For that purpose you play a chord while pressing the Hold Pedal and releasing it then You can now play again with your AXON and at an additional channel the already played chord sounds If you press the Hold Pedal again all notes are turned off and you can play a new chord again SUSTAIN While pressing the Hold Pedal the controller 64 Sustain with a ABLUE CHIP SCRATCH NO 1 GUITAR Q AUTO USER MANUAL AXON NGC
32. ero supply of the AXON User Manual Optional accessoires for the AXON ds SB 676 13 pin cable GM XG Sound card with 676 sounds 11 reverb 41 effects inclusive special cable for stereo output 13 pin connector AIX 101 Guitar Interface for 6 string guitar PICKUP FOR GUITAR e a se 13 pin connector AIX 102 Bass Interface for 4 string bass AXON NGC77 VERSION 4 00 ELUE CHIP USER MANUAL AXON NGC 77 GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER AXON ncc77 e eo 9 O AXON noc 77 Neural Guitar Mini CONTROLLER PARAMETER 00 FRONT PANEL Level of the MONO input The LCD Display is rich in contrast and shows the current presets as well as the different parameters Parameter selection the button moves the cursor to the next the button moves the cursor to the previous parameter The Value buttons are used either to select Sratch Arrange or Chain presets or to edit the parameter values Access to GLOBAL parameters Switches the AXON to the ARRANGE mode with access to 64 different ARRANGE presets as well as the possibility to edit them The STORE button is used for saving and copying The OK button serves to confirm the text at the display to leave and call up submenus as well as to confirm the saving and copying Change to the CHAIN mode in order to call up a pre programmed preset series with the chain footswitch The chain parameters are also edited
33. ide the six strings of your guitar into two parts In each part your MIDI instrument could give out another sound For that purpose you will fix a split point in this case a string number in order to set the border between the two parts Assign a fret split in order to divide the neck of your guitar into two parts Think of an accord accompaniment which you play in low pitched registers with an optional sound Then you change to a solo which is played in higher notes with another sound In this case the split point is a fret number You get an impressive play by the possibility of pick splitting Two split points can be defined to split the pick range between the pickup and the neck into three pick regions An individual sound can be assigned to each of these regions At each of the three split possibilities you can additionally use the pick control function You can change the value of each MIDI controller with the pick position Keyboard players often use a modulation wheel in order to produce vibrato or filter effects With the pick control function you have the same possibilities only by changing the pick position GLUE CHIP AXON NGC 77 VERSION 4 00 USER MANUAL AXON NGC 77 GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER How to use the Hold Pedal The Hold Pedal can be used to play an additional third sound of your MIDI instrument In this case the current split becomes temporarily ineffective and you can use another sound All notes
34. ign here the desired target preset with the value keys as well Then position the cursor with the parameter key to the line displaying the text COPY OK and press the OK button in order to start copying If you decide you don t want to complete the copy move the cursor to another line and press OK This will return you to the main Global Menu page COPY SEGMENT How to copy segment parameters Press the OK button and move the cursor with the parameter keys in the line SOURCE SGM Set the segment with the value buttons which you would like to copy Change to the line DEST SGM with the parameter keys and assign here the desired target segment with the value buttons too Then set the cursor with the parameter key to the line displaying the text COPY OK and press the OK button in order to start copying You can abort the function by moving the cursor in another line and hitting the OK key Then you are again at the global menu page COPY CHAIN How to copy a chain preset Press the OK button and move the cursor to the line SOURCE CHN with the parameter keys Set the preset which you would like to copy with the value buttons Change to the line DEST CHN with the parameter keys and assign here the desired target preset with the value buttons too Then set the cursor with the parameter key to the line with the text COPY OK and press the OK button in order to start copying You can ab
35. in this mode Change to the SCRATCH mode 128 different SCRATCH presets are available Moreover access to arrangement possibilities Power ON OFF switch AXON NGC77 VERSION 4 00 BLUE cur USER MANUAL AXON NGC77 GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER AXON 9 8 98 0 O 9 O o MIDI MIDVAUDIO PEDAL GUITAR GUITAR Q O MONO IN lt Z EY SN aS INDUSTRIESTRASSE 1 OUT IN THRU CHAIN TO GUITAR gt GUITAR 56283 HALSENBAC OUT GERMANY STEREO OUT INTERFACE Back Panel Input for power adapter 12 V 1500 mA AC MIDI OUT jack The AXON sends out its MIDI data at this jack MIDI IN jack The AXON receives program change commands as well as system exclusive data via this jack System exclusive data can also be sent to the optional sound board SB 676 which is sold by BLUE CHIP too MIDI THRU jack All data arrive via MIDI IN and are transmitted further through this jack At the unused pins of this jack the stereo audio signals ofthe Sound board are available For that purpose use the special cable which is included with the Sound board Before turning on the AXON this switch has to be set to BASS or LEAD guitar CHAIN footswitchjack It enables you to activate pre programmed preset series at the NGC 77 respectively presets at the NGC 60 with an optional footswitch HOLD footswitchjack The footswitch belongs to the delivery of the AXON and can be used for different functions of the hold mod
36. indicates the guitar name Press the OK button the cursor flashes now over the first letter Change the letter with the value buttons While pressing either the or the parameter buttons you reach the next or the previous column Program the desired name letter by letter into your AXON and leave the menu with the OK button GUITAR NO TAR 20 COPY SCRATCH oe ss How to copy a scratch preset COPY SCR ATCH E Press the OK button and scroll your cursor with the COPY ARRANGE _ parameter keys in the line SOURCE SCR Set with the AS a value buttons the desired scratch preset you would like to copy Change with the parameter buttons to the line DEST SCR and set with the value buttons the target preset to which you want to copy Then scroll the cursor with the parameter button in the line displaying the following text COPY OK and press the OK button in order to start copying If you decide you don t EsbLue CHIP LCOPY SEGMENT LCOPY CHAIN USER MANUAL AXON NGC77 GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER want to complete the copy move the cursor to another line and press OK This will return you to the main Global Menu page COPY ARRANGE How to copy Arrange Presets Press the OK button and move the cursor with the parameter keys in the line SOURCE ARR Set your desired Arrange Preset with the value keys Change with the parameter buttons to the line DEST ARR and ass
37. ivided into 99 units numbered 1 99 1 is the bridge and 99 is the neck position Pick Split 1 and 2 are these two points For example you can divide your pick area into 3 roughly equally sized parts by setting Pick Split 1 to 33 and Pick Split 2 to 66 When you pick in the area closest to the bridge regardless of what string you pick you will hear one sound If you move your picking into the center of your pick area between the two pick split points you will hear a second sound If you move your picking further forward near the frets you will hear a third synth sound Please set the corresponding parameter to OFF if you don t want to use one of the pick split functions LUE CHIP SEGMENT S2F1Px GMENT S2F2Px SEGMENT S1F1Px SEGMENT S1F2Px USER MANUAL AXON NGC 77 GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER EDT SEGM The three types of splits are combined and superimposed upon each other to give you a synthesis ofup to 12 different combina tions of splits Within these combinations depending on where your split points are the possibilities are innumerable How to call up the segments Move the cursor to the current segment with the parameter keys and change the display by using the value buttons to your desired split combination Press the OK key in order to get into the corresponding submenu containing the segment parameters S1F1P1 String 1 Fret 1 Pick 1 S1F1P2 String 1 Fret 1 Pic
38. k 2 S1F1P3 String 1 Fret 1 Pick 3 S1F2P1 String 1 Fret 2 Pick 1 S1F2P2 String 1 Fret 2 Pick 2 S1F2P3 String 1 Fret 2 Pick 3 S2F1P1 String 2 Fret 1 Pick 1 S2F1P2 String 2 Fret 1 Pick 2 S2F1P3 String 2 Fret 1 Pick 3 S2F2P1 String 2 Fret 2 Pick 1 S2F2P2 String 2 Fret 2 Pick 2 S2F2P3 String 2 Fret 2 Pick 3 as well as e Hold HOLD This segment allows you to set the parameters for the sound you hear when you have the HOLD pedal depressed in SEPARATE Hold mode In most cases you will only want to use one kind of split at a time for example a fret split but probably not more than one simultaneously You will then need to simply find the segment where the F for fret is 1 and 2 and S and P are 1 S1F1P1 and S1F2P1 If you want to use a string split but no other splits find the segment where the S for string is 1 and 2 and the F and P are 1 S1F1P1 and S2F1P1 Only those segments can be found which are used for the current split combination All other segments are skipped Please ensure that the corresponding split is not set to OFF ARRANGE NAME In order to rename an arrange preset move the cursor to the line with the current name and hit OK Now the cursor flashes over the first letter Change this letter with the value buttons You reach the next previous column with the parameter keys Please enter your desired name and leave this menu with
39. le without limitations Press the Scratch button in order to activate the Scratch mode You call up the different Scratch presets with the value buttons For that purpose you can also use the UP DOWN keys of your guitar interface They have always the same effect as the corresponding value button In order to change the Scratch preset scroll the cursor with the parameter keys to the line displaying the following text SCRATCH NO and press the OK button In this manner you come to the main menu of the current Scratch preset There are three parameters STRG MODE HOLD MODE as well as EDT SEGM JSCRATCH NO 1 IFGUITAR Q AUTO ABLUE CHIP USER MANUAL AXON NGC 77 GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER STRG MODE String mode separate common TSTRG MODE SEP SEPARATE THOLD MODE SEP A separate MIDI channel is assigned to each string in the z following order El Basic MIDI channel B2 Basic MIDI channel 1 G3 Basic MIDI channel 2 D4 Basic MIDI channel 3 A5 Basic MIDI channel 4 E6 Basic MIDI channel 5 This setting allows the greatest flexibility In the Arrange Mode this mode is active and cannot be changed in the Scratch Mode you can freely choose this parameter COMMON In the Common Mode all strings of your guitar are assigned only to the basis channel In order to avoid conflicts with still sounding notes ofthe same channel no Pitch Bend Information is sent in this mode if more than one note is play
40. mbers the high E string being string number 1 For example if you set the string split to 2 then strings 1 and 2 will play one sound and strings 3 6 will play another SEGMENT S2 FnPn SEGMENT SI FnPn Please set this parameter to OFF if you would not like to use the string splitfunction BLUE CHIP ferry SEGMENT SnFI Pn SEGMENT SnF2Pn SEGMENT SnFnP3 SEGMENT SnFnP2 SEGMENT SnFnP USER MANUAL AXON NGC77 GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER FRET SPLIT OFF 0 23 You can also divide the fretboard of your guitar into two groups of frets so that when you play within one of these groups of frets regardless of what strings you play you will hear one synth sound If you then move to a position outside of this group of frets you will hear another sound You can set a fret split from 0 to 23 For example if you set your Fret Split to 4 as long as you play between frets 1 and 3 including fret 3 you will hear the first sound which you assigned before in the segment SnFIPn If you play a note using fret 4 or above you will hear the second sound which you fixed before in the segment SnF2Pn If you do not want to split the fretboard set this parameter to the value OFF PICK SPLIT 1 and 2 OFF I 99 The pick area the area of your guitar typically used for picking between the bridge and the highest fret can be divided into 3 parts To do this two split points have to be determined The entire pick area is d
41. n I play my guitar I hear synth sounds but no audio guitar signal Area The Audio chain is broken Solutions Make sure the selector switch on your guitar interface is set to Mix or Guitar Make sure the audio connection cable between your guitar and guitar interface is properly con nected Make sure the audio controls on your guitar are turned up Make sure an audio cable is connected from the Axon s Audio Out jack on the rear panel and is properly connected to your amp EbLue chip USER MANUAL AXON NGC 77 GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER Question There is an irritating dynamic difference between notes Area Velocity mapping problems Solutions The velocity sensitivity settings in the Axon for a given sound should match the synth patch Experiment with decreasing the velocity sensitivity parameter in the segment page and eventually adding small amounts of velocity offset Question One or more of the strings sounds too weak too loud in comparison to the others Area String sensitivity adjustment Solution Try adjusting the string sensitivity of the problematic string in the Global menu under GUITAR_NO Esuue CHIP USER MANUAL AXON NGC 77 GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER AXON NGC 77 Internal Structure Scratch Mode STRG MODE HOLD MODE EDIT SEGMENT NORM HOLD 1 PROGRAM 1 PROGRAM 2 VOLUME 2 VOLUME 3 TRANSPOSE 3 TRANSPOSE 4 QUANTIZE 4 QUA
42. n the GLOBAL mode With the keys you move the blinking cursor in the line in which the desired parameter is shown Please change the shown value with the keys If you are satisfied with the setting leave the GLOBAL mode and change again to the SCRATCH ARRANGE or CHAIN mode by pressing the corresponding key You see the current mode on the appropriate LED BASIC CHAN Basic MIDI channel 1 10 Your AXON needs maximal seven successive MIDI channels in order to control a connected MIDI tone generator One channel is necessary for each string and an additional channel is required if you would like to use the special function of the Hold Pedal With the basic MIDI channel you assign the first of seven channels which will be used by your AXON All further channels follow implicitly PBEND RANGE Pitchbend Range OFF I 24 Since your connected MIDI instrument should convert the pitch changes of your guitar correctly you have to set the Pitch Bend Range of your MIDI instrument to the same value as this one on the AXON The value shows the maximum number of semitone steps that can be converted with Pitch Bend information without triggering a new note on your MIDI instrument If your MIDI instrument allows this value should be set to at least 12 For bass guitars it is especially recommended to set it even higher to 24 BLUE CHIP SEND PBDRG ON NOTE OFF L 10 LOCAL MODE 0FF USER MANUAL AXON NGC 77 GUITAR TO MIDI
43. on 1 this value is triggered to the corresponding MIDI controller If the picking position is above pick position 1 the controller value changes continously to the controller value which is determined as Pick value 2 P2 POSITION Pick Position 2 0 99 P2 POSITION 70 i This parameter indicates the picking position to which the TP VALUE a 0 controller value will continously change P2VALUE Pick Value 2 MIDI controller value As long as the picking position is below Pick position 2 this value is triggered to the corresponding MIDI controller If the picking position is above pick position 2 the controller value changes continously to the controller value which is determined as Pick value 1 Esue CHIP USER MANUAL AXON NGC 77 GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER Chain Mode Presets I 64 In live performance you will often want to change from one scratch or arrange preset to another You can do this very easily by creating chains of presets in chain mode You have the option of creating up to 64 different chains with up to 32 scratch and or arrange presets steps in each chain The chain presets or the single steps in a chain can be cycled through by using the UP DOWN keys on your guitar interface whereas a footswitch can only move through the single steps of a chain It is plugged into the chain jack on the back panel of yourA XON clicking the footswitch once forward moving double click the footswitch backward moving
44. ort the function by moving the cursor in another line and hitting the OK key Then you are again at the global menu page ABLUE CHIP USER MANUAL AXON NGC 77 GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER SEND SCRATCH How to send a Scratch preset as a system exclusive message sysex SEND ARRANGE Please set the Scratch number you would like to send with the SEND SCRATCH value buttons Position the cursor in the line SEND with the parameter keys and hit OK You can abort the function by moving the cursor in another line and pressing the OK button Then you are again at the global menu page SEND ARRANGE How to send an Arrange preset as a system exclusive message sysex The procedure is identical to sending Scratch Presets Please look at the section SEND SCRATCH SEND ALL How to send SCRATCH ARRANGE and CHAIN Preset data Press the OK button in order to transfer the settings of all presets which are now system exclusive data REC SCRATCH How to receive a Scratch preset as a system exclusive message Sysex Use the keys to set the number of the Scratch Preset that will be overwritten by the received data Move the cursor to the line RECEIVE with the parameter buttons and hit OK You can abort the function while scrolling the cursor in another line and pressing the OK key Then you are again at the global menu page REC ARRANGE TE a How to receive an Arrange preset as a system exclusive TREC ARRA
45. r sequencer to the MIDI IN of your AXON in order to direct it to your embedded sound module The AUDIO OUT signals are transferred via the non used pins of the MIDI THRU of your AXON For that purpose use the special cable included with your AXON ON If you don t use a sequencer you should set this parameter to ON Your AXON controls now the embedded sound module and programme change commands influence your AXON Additionally the general MIDI sound name is shown while editing the segment parameters Of course your AXON keep sending data via MIDI OUT Then you can connect futher MIDI instruments to the MIDI OUT If you do not have an embedded sound module you should set LOCAL on ON in order to benefit from preset changes via MIDI IN BLUE CHIP USER MANUAL AXON NGC 77 GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER VU METER Level Meter ON OFF When strings are played the display shows 6 small VU Meters for six strings The normal display appears again when the decay reaches 40dB This function can be suppressed by turning the VU Meter OFF key TUNE BASE Tune Base 99 99 Your AXON generates MIDI sounds relating to a tune base of 440 Hz plus a deviation which is set by this parameter If your musicians play instruments which can only be tuned with great effort for example a piano it is better you fit your AXON to this situation We recommend the following procedures if the tune base deviates from 440 Hz You tune first the open A string ca
46. rameter the weakest picking level that causes a NOTE ON event to be sent A low value means that a weak picking triggers a tone a high value means that a strong picking is required Esuue CHIP USER MANUAL AXON NGC 77 GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER EXAMPLE INPUT OF VELOCITY MAPPING Pick Loudness pp p m f ff MIDI VELOCITY VALUES BY DIFFERENTSETTINGS OF VELOCITY SENSITIVITY AND VELOCITY OFFSET 127 S Sensitivity O 0ffset Esuue CHIP USERMANUAL AXON NGC77 GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER PICK CTRL Pick Controller OFF 0 127 As mentioned above your AXON has the unique possibility to recognize the picking position You can assign this picking position to one of several MIDI controllers Set the value for example to 1 and you can simulate the modulation wheel of a keyboard by the picking position There are MIDI controllers which are worth while For that purpose look at the user manual of your MIDI instrument Interesting controllers are for example 1 mod wheel 7 volume or 10 panorama By using the following parameters you limit the picking position and determine values which are appropriate for the used controller PI POSITION Pick Position 1 0 99 P1 PO S TIO N 70 This parameter indicates the picking position from which the TP1 VALUE 0 pick value 1 changes continously its value to the pick value 2 PI VALUE Pick Value 1 MIDI controller value As long as the picking position is below Pick positi
47. refully by ear on the basis of the instrument for example a piano Then press the OK button At the display the following text appears PICK THE OPEN A STRING While playing now the open A string your AXON analyses the coming vibration and sets itself the Tune Base Parameter at the correct value Naturally you can change the value also with the buttons if you know exactly the value Then you tune the remaining strings of your guitar with the embedded tuning aid of your AXON If you play alone you should set the tune base on the value 0 TUNING AID ae How to call up the tuning aid UTUNIN G D It is important that your guitar is tuned within a certain pitch IGUITAR NO 1 tolerance so that the AXON can properly interpret MIDI pitch ETE values Press OK You will see a display similar to a chromatic guitar tuner Tune each string so that the pointer is above the middle arrow The left arrow of the tuning scale marks a deviation of 45 cent 0 45 of a semitone the right arrow deviates 45 cents from the current tune base Ifthe Tune Base Parameter is on 0 the middle arrow corresponds to a tuning calibration of 440 Hz If the Tune Base Parameter is set for 50 for example the middle arrow correspond to a pitch that is a quarter step higher than 440 Hz Note Tuning aid is a feature that will allow to tune your guitar to the AXON quickly and simply whereas Tune Base allows you to tune the AXON to your guitar BLUE CHI
48. rrent name and hit OK Now the cursor flashes over the first letter Change this letter with the value buttons You reach the next previous column with the parameter keys Please enter your desired name and leave this menu with the OK button Arrange Mode J Arrange presets I 64 In contrast to the Scratch presets you can access to different split possibilities within the Arrange presets These splits can I also be combined Press first the Arrange button to select Arrange mode Using the value keys you can choose one of the 64 possible Arrange presets For this purpose you can also use the UP DOWN BLUE chip USER MANUAL AXON NGC77 GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER oh buttons of your guitar interface just like by Scratch presets THOLD MODE SEP To edit the Arrange parameter move the cursor with the TSTRG SPLIT 4 parameter keys to the line with the text ARRANGE_NO and a igs press the OK button This brings you to the main page of the current arrange preset Here you will see six parameters HOLD MODE STRG SPLIT FRET SPLIT PICK SPLIT1 PICK SPLIT2 EDT SEG TPICK SPLIT1 20 PICK SPLIT2 99 LEDT SGM S1F1P1 The first parameter the Hold mode is identical with the corresponding parameters in the Scratch mode STRG SPLIT OFF 1 5 You can divide the six strings on your guitar into two different groups each group playing a particular synth sound The numbers correspond to the string nu
49. somewhere within the list the and keys help you to go up or to go down in the menu Some parameters include submenus with further parameters You recognize a reference to a submenu by an arrow pointing to the bottom It is positioned on the left edge of the display Press the OK key to change to the submenu In the submenu you can move again with the keys There could be an arrow on the left edge of the display pointing at the top It signalizes that you can press the OK key in order to leave the submenu and return back to the point where the submenu was called up GLUE CHIP USER MANUAL AXON NGC 77 GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER Global Parameter If you use your AXON for the first time you have to check the settings of some global parameter in correspondence to your MIDI instrument Please check the basic MIDI channel and tune your guitar with the embedded tuning aid of your AXON If you are in a hurry and if you would like to play immediately with your AXON read the explanations in the sections BASIC CH and tuning of the guitar You must ensure that the connected MIDI instrument receives Pitch Bend Range information otherwise you set this value at your MIDI instrument on 12 Then you leap over all further parameters for the present and you can test the factory presets In order to change one of the GLOBAL parameter switch your AXON into the GLOBAL mode Please press first the GLOBAL key Ifthe GLOBAL LED lights your AXON is i
50. th a pitch recognition which is a little bit slower But it is comparable to devices which were already offered by competitors String Split Pick Split and the Pick Control function are no longer available The Fret Split depends now on the pitch because your AXON does not know anything about your frets Think of a violin or think of instruments which you have to connect by a microphone There are no limits to your imagination but you can not foresee the results in each case We had already achieved good results using guitar and bass BLUE CHIP USER MANUAL AXON NGC 77 GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER How to use the optional sound module If your AXON is fitted by an embedded sound module 128 GENERAL MIDI SOUNDS in excellent quality will immediately be available for you Additionally the sound module has an installed reverb as well as a chorus effect which can be called up by the AXON Combined with a sequencer or similar devices you have access to 480 sounds Furthermore 11 different drumkits are available The complete effect range consists of 11 reverb types 11 chorus types as well as 42 variation programmes Please take details from the enclosed description of the sound module If you use a sequencer program please connect the MIDI OUT of your AXON to the MIDI IN of your computer and the MIDI IN of your AXON to the MIDI OUT of the computer In this case the GLOBAL parameter LOCAL on the AXON has to be LOCAL ON First settings How
51. the OK button BLUE CHIP TVOLUME 127 TTRANSPOSE 0 TQUANTIZE AUTO USER MANUAL AXON NGC 77 GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER Segmentparameter The basic element of your AXON is a segment both in the Scratch mode and in the Arrange mode A segment is a package of Midi information which are assigned to a sound in your synth The segment includes not only the patch numbers of the sound but also important information to convert your guitar signal into MIDI information that comprehends the synth PROGRAM Program number AI 1 D88 and AI A128 B1 B 128 The AXON can use the timbres of the MIDI banks 0 and 1 in your synth There are two current systems to number timbres in synthesizers 1 MIDI Bank 0 Al 1 A88 B1 1 B88 MIDI Bank 1 Cl 1 C88 D1 1 D88 for example Korg 13 2 MIDI Bank 0 A1 A128 MIDI Bank 1 B1 B128 for example Yamaha If you edit a Patch number sound within a segment in your AXON you will see both numbering systems at the display simoultaneously in one line In case of setting the Global Parameter LOCAL to ON the GENERAL MIDI standard sound names will be indicated VOLUME Volume O 127 Perhaps the preset volume of your MIDI instrument is too low or too loud This parameter allows you to increase decrease the volume of your sound Should the volume be too high for you it is possible to decrease the volume of your MIDI instrument with the volume controller of your interface
52. to install the guitar interface and the pickups For that purpose please read the installation instruction of your guitar interface How to connect your MIDI equipment Please connect the MIDI OUT of your AXON to the MIDI IN of your MIDI instrument For that purpose use a commercial 5 pin DIN cable MIDI cable If you use a sequencer program please connect the MIDI OUT of your AXON to the MIDI IN of your computer and the MIDI OUT of the computer to the MIDI IN of the sound module Your synthesizer should be polyphonical minimum 7 voices and has to handle up to six or seven MIDI channels Please adjust your synthesizer so that it receives channels 1 to 7 The channels 1 6 are for each string of your guitar and the channel 7 is for the HOLD PEDAL function After you connected your synthesizer with the AXON please switch on the synthesizer first and wait until it had initialized before starting the AXON After turning on the AXON it sends the most important information to the synthesizer in order to make the configuration as easy and quick as possible Not all synthesizers accept these information Therefore you should definitely check the Pitch Bend range at your synthesizer GLUE CHIP USER MANUAL AXON NGC 77 GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER How to mount an AXON in a 19 rack You can mount your AXON in a 19 rack by using the optional installation frame In order to fix use only the original screws If you prefer another form of
53. troller Prog O Change True O O 0 127 System Exclusive O O System Song Pos X X Song Sel x X Common Tune x x System Clock X X Real Time Commands X X Aux Local On Off X X Mes A11 Notes Off X X sages Active Sence X X Reset X X Notes Mode 1 OMNI ON POLY Mode 2 OMNION MONO O Yes Mode 3 OMNI OFF POLY Mode 4 OMNI OFF MONO X No BLUE CHIP USER MANUAL GENERAL MIDI GM tables Source MIDI 1 0 Detailed S pecification 4 2 GENERAL MIDI Sound Set Groupings all channels except 10 Pros Instrument Group 1 8 Piano 9 16 Chromatic Percussion 17 240rgan 25 32Guitar 33 40Bass 41 48Strings 49 56Ensemble AXON NGC 77 Prog Instrument Group 65 72 Reed 73 80 Pipe 81 88 Synth Lead 89 96 Synth Pad 97 104 Synth Effects 105 112 Ethnic 113 120 Percussive GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER 57 64Brass 121 128 Sound Effects GENERAL MIDI Sound Set MIDI Program Numbers 1 128 all channels except 10 Pros Instrument Prog Instrument Pros Instrument Proe Instrument 1 Acoustic Grand Piano 33 Acoustic Bass 65 Soprano Sax 97 FX 1 rain 2 Bright Acoustic Piano 34 Electric Bass finger 66 Alto Sax 98 FX 2 soundtrack 3 Electric Grand Piano 35 Electric Bass pick 67 Tenor Sax 99 FX 3 crystal 4 Honkey tonk Piano 36 Fretless Bass 68 Baritone Sax 100 FX 4 atmosphere 5 Electric Piano 1 37 Slap Bass I 69 Oboe 101 FX5 brightness 6 Electric Piano 2 38 Slap Bass
54. w exactly played without Pitch bend whereas the pitch quantization is for example turned off again for a solo with pulling string hammer on s and similar playing techniques PAN POS ae Panorama Position OFF L15 MID R15 PAN POS MID This parameter allows you to displace the sound of your MIDI TPAN SPREAD 4 instrument at the stereo panorama The values LI LIS mean E that the current sound is more shifted to the left channel the values RI R 15 move the sound more to the right channel The value MID corresponds to the mid position OFF expresses that your AXON won t send this controller controller 10 to your MIDI instrument If your MIDI instrument has no panorama function set this parameter to OFF PAN SPREAD Panorama spread 15 15 By using the parameter PAN POS you assign the stereo position for all 6 strings In order to avoid that all 6 strings are at the same stereo position you can use this parameter to spread the single strings around the panorama position Set the PAN POS value for example to MID to the MID position Play on your guitar and vary the PAN SPRD value Please consider that your MIDI instrument has to interpret panorama information For that purpose read the user manual of your MIDI instrument BLUE CHIP REVERB 63 TFINGR PICK 0FF TVLCTY SENS 127 USER MANUAL AXON NGC 77 GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER REVERB Reverb portion of a sound MIDI controller 91
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